Quotes by : Jack Gilbert

The heart is a foreign country whose language none of us is good at.

I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that....

I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against....

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music....

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What....

Imagine if suffering were real.Imagine if those old people were afraid of death.What if the midget or....

How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite.

Suddenly this defeat.This rain.The blues gone grayAnd the browns gone grayAnd yellowA terrible amber.In....

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must havethe stubbornness....

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboatcomes slowly out and then goes back is truly....